Southern Oregon Child And Family Council Inc

Early head start (ehs) - early head start builds healthy, nurturing relationships between infants, toddlers and their parents and supports the health and well-being of pregnant women. Centers providing services to 185 children ages zero to three and pregnant women are located at 11 locations within jackson and josephine counties. Four of these locations exclusively provide ehs services while 7 of these locations also provide hs services.

Other activities - the listo family literacy program helps low-income spanish-speaking families learn literacy skills in english and spanish through our hybrid learning model. Parenting adults study english as a second language (esl) and basic education preliteracy through ged preparation. School age children participate in homework help and enrichment activities and preschool children learn school-readiness skills. Participating families engage with listo up to 4 days per week in their academic activities, parent education, and community engagement activities. 144 adults attended esl and basic literacy classes, 105 school-aged children received homework help, and 104 children age 0-5 learned school-readiness skills. 1,752 semi-weekly, age appropriate, and culturally specific education packets were sent to children during the program year.the family connection is a regional parenting hub for jackson and josephine counties whose goal is to improve family stability through education/skill building. The program provides parents with community resources, opportunities to learn and gain effective parenting skills, while building peer support networks. During this year the family connection served 1,348 parents, 262 classes offered and trained 13 professionals in evidence-based parenting curriculums.

Usda - health, nutrition, mental health, and disabilities services provides screenings for all head start/early head start children while working with parents to help each child be up-to-date on their medical care.